The English Dance of Death from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax" [i.e. William Combe] |
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No sooner did this tale resound
From place to place the country round,
But ev'ry grave and maiden Lady
Who had escap'd her sprightly heigh-day,
Began to think she had a chance
Of joining in the nuptial dance.
The Widows too began to dream
Of a new matrimonial scheme;
But the old Knight had nought to say
To Maidens grave, or Widows gay:
He fill'd the neighbourhood with laughter,
By fixing on a Lawyer's daughter.
From place to place the country round,
But ev'ry grave and maiden Lady
Who had escap'd her sprightly heigh-day,
Began to think she had a chance
Of joining in the nuptial dance.
The Widows too began to dream
Of a new matrimonial scheme;
But the old Knight had nought to say
To Maidens grave, or Widows gay:
He fill'd the neighbourhood with laughter,
By fixing on a Lawyer's daughter.
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